Workshops & Classes

FUSED GLASS CLASSES OFFERED

For a detailed list of classes, please click on the Workshops & Classes pull-down menu.

All full day & multi-day workshops are $250.00/day per student depending on the type of class. I offer discounted rates for hourly and multi-day workshops for groups of 2+ OR if you are taking more than one workshop within a couple of months of each other.

Once you have taken a class with me, you are welcome to rent studio time and work at your own pace.

Please contact Amanda Taylor: 585-300-7606 or oatkaglass@gmail.com if you have any questions about a particular workshop. I also teach at other studios and offer off-site workshops (library programs, school projects, community learning centers, etc.).

The following workshops are taught at Oatka Glass Studio in 1/2 hour drive south of Burnsville, NC. Please feel free to contact me any time.

Accommodation

Fusing and Slumping Basics (Just a Few of the Multitude of Options)

Glass Cutting: The Basics (1 Day Workshop)
4-Day Beginners Fusing Intensive
Crazy Quilt Blocks (2 hour to 2-1/2 Day Workshop)
Flower Gardens (2 hour to 2-1/2 Day Workshop)
Fall Leaves (2 hour to 2-1/2 Day Workshop)
Christmas Themed (2 hour to 2-1/2 Day Workshop)
Large Flower Garden Sculptures (3 Day Workshop)
Plant Stakes (2 hour to 2 Day Workshop)
Decals for Fused Glass (2 hour to 2 Day Workshop)
Lampworked Elements for Fusing (1-2 Day Workshop)
Freeze and Fuse Elements (2-3 Day Workshop)
Christmas Ornaments (2 hour to 1-1/2 Day Workshop)
Images in Jewelry (2-3 Day Workshop)
The Bling: Dichroic Glass Pendants (2 hour to 2-3 Day Workshop)

Get a Reaction: Using Reactions to Achieve Special Effects (2-5 day Workshop)

Not Just Another Vessel: Creating Deep Vessels Using 3-Step Molds (7 Day Workshop)

Creating Imagery in Fused Glass
- 2 Day Workshop
  - Screen Printing with Glass Powders
  - Screen Printing with Enamels
  - Introduction to Powder Wafers
  - Imagery Using Glass Frit
  - Single Layered Landscapes
- 3-5 Day Workshop
  - Imagery with Powders - Sgraffito
  - Multi-Layered Imagery Landscape Blocks
  - Compressed Powder Wafer Imagery

Creative Use of Lines for Effect & Strip Construction (4-5 Day Workshop)

Go With The Flow: Creating Special Effects in Your Kiln (2-5 Day Workshop)

Stack & Flow
Slide & Flow
Glass Lace
Controlled Contained Flow

Glass Clay(3-5 Day Workshop)

Glass Clay Basics(2-4 Day Workshop)
Glass Pebbles & Rocks (2 Day Workshop)
Glass Feathers (3 Day Workshop)
Creation of the Glass Scroll (5 Day Workshop)
Let’s Play with Glass Clay(3 Day Workshop)

Glass Casting and Moldmaking
- Introduction (2 Day Workshops)
  - Open Face Casting
  - Introduction to Pate de Verre
  - Casting Using Colour de Verre Molds – Jewelry, Snowflakes, and More
- Advanced Casting (4-5 Day Workshops)

Drop-Out Vessels
- Introduction (3 day)
- Advanced (5 day workshop)

Sample Series – Technical Discussion & Creation of Comprehensive Samples (2-3 Day Workshops)
- Distortion & Displacement Sampler
- Sgraffito: Technique & Applications Sampler
- Glass Enamel Paints Sampler
- Landscape Effects & Frit Color Mixing Sampler
- Reaction & Interaction Sampler
  - Reactive Glass
  - Reactive Special Effects
  - Alchemy Series

Glass Powder Techniques
- Working with Glass Powders (1-1/2 Day Workshop)
- Fissures & Fractures – Powder Crackle Technique (3-5 Day Workshop)

Coldworking
- Basic Coldworking (1 Day Workshop)
- Taking Coldworking to the Next Level: Special Projects (1 Day Workshop)
- Glass Lathe & Dremel: Carving into Your Glass (1 Day Workshop)

Bas Relief in Fused Glass - Creating Texture & Designs Using Fiber Paper & Plaster (3-5 Day Workshop)

Your Studio Setup & Design

Think It, Make It, Sell It - Development of a product from concept inception to marketing and selling your product.

Firing Schedules
- The Basics
- Specific Projects